Black Night (Charles Brown song)

For other uses, see Black Night (disambiguation).
"Black Night"
Single by Charles Brown Trio
B-side "Once There Live a Fool"
Released January 1951 (1951-01)
Format 10" 78 rpm record
Recorded Radio Recorders, Los Angeles
December 21, 1950 (1950-12-21)
Genre Blues
Length 03:07
Label Aladdin (Cat. no. 3076)
Writer(s) Jessie Mae Robinson
Charles Brown Trio singles chronology
"My Baby's Gone"
(1950)
"Black Night"
(1951)
"I'll Always Be in Love with You"
(1951)

"Black Night" is a 1951 song by Charles Brown. The single was the second of two chart entries to make it to number one on the U.S. R&B chart.[1]

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 82.
Preceded by
"Teardrops from My Eyes" by Ruth Brown
Billboard Best Selling Retail Rhythm & Blues Records number-one single
March 3, 1951
Succeeded by
"Rocket 88" by Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats


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